Counterpoint

This program is no longer in production. Amanda Vanstone tackles key social, economic and cultural issues in Australian life, challenging assumptions and giving voice to new and seldom-heard commentators.

Recent Episodes
  • Age of distraction
    Jan 15, 2024 – 0:53:16
  • We are electric
    Jan 8, 2024 – 0:52:54
  • Censorship, cold, care and concrete
    Jan 1, 2024 – 0:54:06
  • Rotting brains and Nannaria Swiftae
    Dec 25, 2023 – 0:54:06
  • Power -in spines, water and people
    Dec 18, 2023 – 0:54:07
  • It's time.
    Dec 11, 2023 – 0:50:17
  • Going backwards and forwards - decolonising, AI, fleets and Phar Lap
    Dec 4, 2023 – 0:51:35
  • A big mistake
    Nov 27, 2023 – 0:52:52
  • Back to earth
    Nov 20, 2023 – 0:52:07
  • Morality and meaning
    Nov 13, 2023 – 0:53:02
  • The Four C's..China, communication, communism and covid
    Nov 6, 2023 – 0:52:32
  • Censorship and perspective plus lion
    Oct 30, 2023 – 0:53:10
  • Cancelled and yet courageous
    Oct 23, 2023 – 0:53:06
  • China, chickens and fire
    Oct 16, 2023 – 0:52:57
  • Disasters and decisions
    Oct 9, 2023 – 0:53:10
  • Got the sniffles..catching a cold from China
    Oct 2, 2023 – 0:52:50
  • Talking and taking credit.
    Sep 25, 2023 – 0:53:00
  • Guns, births and civility
    Sep 18, 2023 – 0:51:10
  • Teeth, a Chinese exodus and embroidery with a message
    Sep 11, 2023 – 0:52:22
  • Argentina, EV graveyards and tackling urban loneliness through design
    Sep 4, 2023 – 0:52:48
  • Eroding Asian democracy and the fish that saved a species
    Aug 28, 2023 – 0:52:34
  • Indonesia fights a flood of plastic
    Aug 21, 2023 – 0:52:34
  • Global boiling – really?
    Aug 14, 2023 – 0:52:11
  • Psychonauts, Megacities and the pipe dream of EVs for all
    Aug 7, 2023 – 0:54:06
  • Critical race theory won’t solve racism
    Jul 31, 2023 – 0:52:54
  • Beavers, big things and our disappearing moon
    Jul 24, 2023 – 0:52:50
  • Heresy, North Korea and the power of the diary
    Jul 17, 2023 – 0:52:48
  • Findings, facts and food
    Jul 10, 2023 – 0:52:40
  • Dissent and falsification
    Jul 3, 2023 – 0:52:58
  • Being duped
    Jun 26, 2023 – 0:53:04
  • Incontinent dissent....that's no way to argue
    Jun 19, 2023 – 0:52:52
  • Out of the nest
    Jun 12, 2023 – 0:52:31
  • It's all about class
    Jun 5, 2023 – 0:52:48
  • The Great Awokening
    May 29, 2023 – 0:52:57
  • Son of anger?
    May 22, 2023 – 0:52:48
  • Borders and dams
    May 15, 2023 – 0:53:11
  • Hope and hips
    May 8, 2023 – 0:52:43
  • Limits and lessons
    May 1, 2023 – 0:53:11
  • Battles and brimstones
    Apr 24, 2023 – 0:52:57
  • Changing and growing but still cute
    Apr 17, 2023 – 0:53:17
  • The age of distraction
    Apr 10, 2023 – 0:53:08
  • To the brink and back
    Apr 3, 2023 – 0:53:11
  • Corruption, concrete and children.
    Mar 27, 2023 – 1:00:00
  • Circle the wagon - mates, media and language
    Mar 20, 2023 – 1:00:00
  • More or less...energy, education and ecology
    Mar 13, 2023 – 1:00:00
  • Power, having it and taking it
    Mar 6, 2023 – 1:00:00
  • Up up and away: spies, lies and satire.
    Feb 27, 2023 – 1:00:00
  • Between the cracks ...war and peace
    Feb 20, 2023 – 1:00:00
  • Normal? What's normal?
    Feb 13, 2023 – 1:00:00
  • Whacking and gluing - protests and money
    Feb 6, 2023 – 1:00:00
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